the word still makes me uneasy heard from a straight person i feel like ive got to be on guard from a gay person it makes me think of the whole genre of gay for pay porn where the top is straight and the bottom gets called a faggot for taking it up the ass that context just makes the word retain its tinge of selfloathing homophobia i buy the argument that you can make words lose their power but i guess the word still has a lot of power for me